Another parent said, “It fills my heart to see you using your platform to support kids like mine, I cannot express how much it means to all of us who love a transgender kid to know that our kids matter to people outside of our small worlds.”

The National Center for Transgender Equality also chimed in, tweeting, “Trans kids have a (super)hero in their corner now. Thank you @DonCheadle for using your platform to make such an important statement,” with the hashtags #ProtectTransKids and #WontBeErased.

Cheadle then responded to all of the attention on Twitter on Sunday. The actor and activist said, “I awoke to so much support and love!! thank you @nbcsnl for the opportunity to play and pay respect and throw shade in an historic space in an historic time. keep fighting, y’all. evil grows in the dark.”